Tag Archives: Travel

Hiking the Inca Trail: days 1 and 2

Posted on October 14, 2015 by Bec

Well, we did it! We hiked the 45km from Chillca along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu. You may recall I was pretty anxious ahead of the hike and it turns out my anxiety wasn’t entirely unfounded, it was tough. … Continue reading →

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What altitude sickness feels like

Posted on October 6, 2015 by Bec

Well friends. Today has not been the best. I promised myself when we started this trip that I wouldn’t just blog the highlights, that this would be a ‘warts and all’ account of our travels. But then nothing bad happened! … Continue reading →

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Lima, Peru

Posted on October 4, 2015 by Bec

Hola! We made it to Lima in the very early hours of Friday morning and after a very long immigration line and a very long taxi ride to our hostel, fell into bed. The next morning we set out to … Continue reading →

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Goodbye America and Canada

Posted on October 4, 2015 by Bec

Well that was fun! In 20 weeks we saw 18 US states and 2 Canadian provinces. We covered 24,965 kilometres in the car (that’s 15,507 miles!), made countless new friends and saw countless towns, cities and national parks. And I … Continue reading →

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Nashville to Charleston to Savannah

Posted on September 30, 2015 by Bec

Getting to the tail end now! Check out this map: Nashville, Tennessee We left Memphis for Nashville, where we took up temporary residence in a party hostel just a hop skip and a jump from Broadway: Broadway, for those who … Continue reading →

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Memphis, Tennessee

Posted on September 28, 2015 by Bec

So after New Orleans we drove to Jackson, Mississippi for one night. I guess we did so only in order to say we’ve been to Mississippi. There was really nothing to Jackson (sorry). After Jackson we drove on to Memphis, … Continue reading →

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Alligators, swamps and bayous

Posted on September 25, 2015 by Bec

It poured with rain on our first day in New Orleans. But you can’t very well go all the way down to the south without seeing a swamp can you? So I put on my non-existent wet weather gear (note … Continue reading →

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New Orleans: the French Quarter and beyond

Posted on September 20, 2015 by Bec

I could have spent about two more days months just walking around the French Quarter admiring the houses and snapping far too many photos. I actually tripped multiple times while we were there because I wasn’t looking where I was going, … Continue reading →

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New Orleans: the music

Posted on September 17, 2015 by Bec

It’s hard to imagine dancing to the dull beat from a DJ’s speakers and enjoying it after the amazing live music we experienced in New Orleans… That is no doubt the most wanky sentence I’ve written on this blog but it’s … Continue reading →

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New Orleans: the food

Posted on September 16, 2015 by Bec

New Orleans quickly and dramatically elbowed its way to the top of my list of all time greatest cities in the world, ever. I immediately loved everything about it; the rich and complicated history, the Spanish architecture, the friendly and … Continue reading →

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